The Journal of the Baptist Peacemaker October-December 2016 - 29

resources & oPPorTunITIes

Gifts of Honor
DEAN FARRINgER, "My DADDy"
FROM:	MARTI	BRADSHAW	
THOMAS PRIcE
FROM: BETTY THOMASON

Gifts in Memory
SUE POOLE, DEbORAH LyNN'S MOTHER
FROM:	BEVERLY	BERNARD	
MRS. JEAN KENyON bARTLETT
FROM:	JIM	MILLER

Join Us for a Discussion of the book

Welcoming community:
Diversity that Works

by Rev. Douglas avilesbeRnal
tuesday, october 25, 2016
6:30-8 Pm et
We're excited to announce a change in the final book in our "Three
Books and a Movie" series. We'll be reading Welcoming Community:
Diversity that Works by long-time BPFNA partner Douglas Avilesbernal.
Based on his own experiences as the pastor of BPFNA Partner
Congregation Calvary Baptist Church in Norristown, PA, Doug
acknowledges the dramatic changes in culture and congregational
life in the twenty-first century, particularly as it relates to church
growth in an increasingly multicultural world where communities are
often in transition. Using the biblical story of Jesus' journey through
Samaria, which led to a transformational encounter between Jesus, a
Jewish rabbi, and a Samaritan woman, he offers a model for learning
to welcome the community in which a congregation finds itself by
becoming a welcoming community of faith in itself. A creative and
constructive approach to fostering true community diversity in a way
that honors all members and celebrates the unique gifts each brings to
life and ministry together.
If you were at Summer Conference this year, then you've experienced
Doug's skills in bringing a diverse worshipping community together in
powerful and transforming ways. We hope you'll join us in experiencing
that same skill as it comes to life on the page!
Purchase a copy of the book here:
http://bit.ly/welcoming-community
For more information, go to:
http://www.bpfna.org/threebooksandamovie

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